Alternative-Education Programs: The "Quiet Giant" in Minnesota Public Education.

Autor/inn/en	Farris-Berg, Kim; Schroeder, Jon
Titel	Alternative-Education Programs: The "Quiet Giant" in Minnesota Public Education.
Quelle	(2003), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Charter Schools; Educational Environment; Educational Innovation; Educational Opportunities; Elementary Secondary Education; Nontraditional Education; Nontraditional Students; Public Schools; School Choice; Student Characteristics; Student Participation; Student Role; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung
Abstract	This report is the first in a series exploring a variety of the organizational spaces being developed under strategies to change and improve K-12 education in Minnesota. One strategy seeks to create an environment that focuses on creating new and different schools and with them new choices for students and families. These reports are designed to inform policymakers, educators, families, and others on what has been happening to create new and different schools. This first report is intended to provide background on Minnesota's alternative-education programs, stimulate discussion, and highlight a number of important policy questions. It is not meant to be formal academic research or an exhaustive description of what alternative-education programs are or could be. Alternative-education programs are similar to charter schools in that they create space to design new and different learning models. But they enroll more students. This report specifically addresses the following: (1) what alternative-education programs are; (2) who their students are; (3) how their students differ; (4) what the schools do differently with students; (5) why not much is known about them; and (6) what role they play in the current discussion about creating spaces through which new learning models can emerge. (WFA)
Anmerkungen	Education Evolving, 1295 Bandana Boulevard, Suite 165, St. Paul, MN 55108. Tel: 651-644-6115; e-mail: info@educationevolving.org; Web site: http://www.educationevolving.org. For full text: http://www.educationevolving.org/pdf/alternatives.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC